Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Lorne Greene

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian actor Lorne Greene.

Last updated on November 3, 2024.

Lorne Hyman Greene was a Canadian actor, radio personality, and singer. His notable television roles include Ben Cartwright on the Western Bonanza and Commander Adama in the original science-fiction television series Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980. He also worked on the Canadian television nature documentary series Lorne Greene's New Wilderness and in television commercials.

Canadian - Actor | February 12, 1915 - September 11, 1987

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I think one of the worst things to ever happen to American man is that he was told he was going to retire at age 65.

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We have such a marvelous interplay between Canada and the United States.

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I played a loving but stern figure of authority and it seems the kids who write me want that kind of a parent instead of one who is a 'pal' to them.

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People talk about the energy crisis, but the worst future crisis may be in food.

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The Cartwrights happen to be a family that other families want to be like.

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When my father and I were off in the woods or off fishing, we were communicating all the time. We didn't catch many fish and my father was a pretty good fisherman but he just like to take one or two fish and then we would make camp and broil those fish and eat them.

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One world government has to happen.

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I'm vice chairman of the American Wild Horse Protection Association and honorary chairman of the Wildlife Federation.

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I wanted to do a wildlife series. I kept remembering those days in Algonquin Park, drifting along in the bottom of a canoe, and I wanted to transfer that feeling to the viewers.

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I remember going out alone in a canoe. Somebody told me to lie in the bottom of the canoe and just drift. It was a small lake and I was perfectly safe. So I did that, and I drifted. It was quiet and peaceful. Suddenly, I heard a loon cry the first time I ever heard that marvelous sound.

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Acting has been my profession for more than 40 years and I can't retire.

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The world is not the prettiest place in this planetary universe.

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My very first major job in the United States was a heavy.

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Star Wars' was derivative of 'Buck Rogers' and 'Flash Gordon,' wasn't it?

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I was dragged kicking and screaming into a high-school play then discovered it was fun!

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I don't know whether I could ever match my father as a person, but as an actor I try to be like him.

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In 'Galactica' I play a good guy again. But the truth of the matter is that I enjoy playing heavies more.

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When I was 16, I discovered wildlife. My father took me to a place called Algonquin Park in Northern Ontario - it has some 1,600 lakes.

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My feeling is that no series should run over five years, but I'm glad that 'Bonanza' went as long as it did. I do resent the fact that in the last year, the network switched us from our old slot on Sunday nights to Tuesdays without much of a promotional campaign.

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Wildlife photography takes a long time because you have to wait for things to happen.

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My wife, Nancy, and I like to meet new people, renew old friendships and accept new challenges. At home we like to have small dinner parties. Sundays we have buffet brunches.

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Bonanza' was never a violent show, yet it is set in an era when men wore guns and violence was a fact of life.

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I believe in reasoned debate.

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I played Big Brother in a Studio One presentation of '1984,' and that should have marked me as a villain to American producers. But I went straight from that to placing a saint - St, Peter in 'The Silver Chalice,' which may have been one of the worst movies ever made.

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In China, the rich enslaved the poor, and in England and Scotland and all over the world, one person, through his power and wealth and standing, was able to enslave others. Don't torget, mankind has had wars where we sent armies to enslave other countries; history is full of slavery.

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Competition sparks excellency.

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If I look forward to a day when I'm just going to play tennis, I'm kinda sad.

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I left Canada in 1953 because I could find nothing very satisfying about delivering commercial pitches on camera. I felt the whole atmosphere of TV in Canada was listless.

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I feel energetic when I'm working.

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A diversity of interests keep me very much alive.

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I've never gotten into a heated argument with people. Heat diffuses reason.

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My little girl was born in Los Angeles, and my wife was born in Bethlehem, Pa.

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There's a million and one things an actor can do with a villain. He can go for all kinds of quirks and tricks. The hero is much harder to define for an actor. When you play a straight role or a hero, you're kind of stuck, It's much more difficult to give a good guy interesting qualities or to make him unusual.

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We used our brains to create and program them, and now we have to continue to use our brains to prevent computers from taking over our lives.

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I lived with my 'Bonanza' family for 14 years. On 'Battlestar,' we jumped right in and got to know each other later. That's just the way television is.

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A character in a TV series tends to grow and take shape as you go along.

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I've been interested and concerned with wildlife for a heck of a long time.

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Of great importance to my outlook on life is the opportunuty I get to meet people on various appearances. I suppose I could devote every weekend to appearances and i do try to make as many as I can.

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If your cat's up a tree, you call the fire department. If someone's hurt, you call the fire department. If there's a mudslide or your house is on fire, you call the fire department. They're our first line of defense.

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Getting old doesn't frighten me. But I've got to take care of myself.

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Even 'Bonanza' was derivative of other westerns and, of course, other westerns were derivative of 'Bonanza.'

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In one part of my mind, I regret that there were 15 years spent not acting. But in the other part of my mind, I have no regrets. If I had been acting, I wouldn't have been able to do so many of the things I have done.

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If someone had asked me when we started 'Bonanza' what was Ben Cartwright like, I couldn't have articulated very much.

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The father-son relationship is the strongest there is. It's been the basis of drama all the way back to the Bible. Notice, Abraham wasn't told to sacrifice a daughter.

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Learn about life and when fate takes you by the hand, go. Do it. Dare to do.

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I think the hearing loss started with 'Bonanza.' Sometimes the director would put us in a box canyon and have us fire our guns. The sound would really reverberate in a box canyon. It took me a long time to realize what was coming on me.

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In 'Battlestar' I'm the military and spiritual leader as well as a father. As a military commander I can treat Apollo only as I treat everyone else. At certain times, Adama has to be the commander and give the necessary orders, no matter how much it may pain him to do so.

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I finally got help after a tennis match with my wife. I couldn't hear her across the net. She finally smashed her racket against a rock. That got my attention. I didn't know I was going deaf, I thought people were talking too softly.

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I've been on a ranch. I've been in outer space. For a short, unhappy period I was a detective. I've also played Brutus and 14 or 15 other Shakespearean roles.

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I find that the harder I work, the younger I feel.

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That's the joy of acting, to bring something to it. That's what makes acting exciting. Just saying lines is not terribly exciting.

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I don't believe in retiring. Your mind stops working then.

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I think we will have terrorism in the United States as it has been in the Middle East and in Europe.

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My daughter has a couple of those small calculators, but she never uses them. I think they're fine if you need to double-check your figures, but people really shouldn't let them replace basic math skills.

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Galactica' resembles 'Bonanza' because it's all theater.

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The only way we can reduce the number of these endangered species is to improve and provide additional habitat where they can live and reproduce.

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When I get a letter that says, 'I'm 18 and have always been attracted to older men,' then it usually means that girl has no father.

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I received a considerable personal response to my part in 'Roots.'

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Do I drink in public? Certainly I drink in public! Ben Cartwright wouldn't, but I do.

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I make the 'New Wilderness' for the drama. I want people to sit on the edge of their chairs. I want them to laugh, smile, cry.